Tag: Minnesota COVID-19 cases

Children, teens fuel Minnesota COVID-19 case growth

COVID-19 risks increase with age, but still exist in children and younger adults, state health officials warn. 

Children and teenagers have fueled much of the growth this summer in the COVID-19 pandemic, which as of Tuesday had reached 1,666 deaths among all age groups in Minnesota and 61,839 confirmed infections with the coronavirus that causes the infectious disease.

The total number of confirmed infections has increased 12% since Aug. 1 — when including 332 infections reported Tuesday — but has increased 18% among youth age 6 to 19, according to the latest data from the Minnesota Department of Health.

The 20 to 29 age group still has the highest total number of confirmed infections in Minnesota — at 14,447 — but the rate of case growth in this population has slowed in August. State health officials had traced outbreaks in this population to virus transmission at bars, which reopened at limited capacities on June 10. Continue reading.

Minnesota’s COVID-19 case growth now standing out

Positive tests in Minn. top 5% even as other hard-hit states start to improve.

The national COVID-19 map has turned upside-down in one way, with Minnesota and some other northern states reporting more growth in cases over the past two weeks than southern and western states hard-hit by the pandemic this summer.

Minnesota’s average daily count of new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases has increased 11% over the past two weeks while daily counts have declined 24% in Arizona and 16% in Texas, according to the COVID Exit Strategy website.

Whether Minnesota will see the surge in deaths and hospitalizations that those states experienced is an open question, though state health officials hope earlier social distancing and mask-wearing efforts will make a difference. But if COVID-19 is a roller coaster, then Minnesota is one of the last cars going over the point of no return. Continue reading.

Coronavirus (MN): COVID-19 Cases Rise By 523; 8 Additional Deaths Reported

MINNEAPOLIS — In the last 24 hours, Minnesota added 523 more cases of COVID-19 to its tally of infections and eight more deaths.

Sunday’s update marks a week of single-digit COVID-19 fatalities – something that has not been recorded since April.

The additional numbers bring the state’s cumulative positive cases to 35,549, and 1,425 deaths. The majority of the deaths have been in long-term care or assisted living facilities. Continue reading.

What health officials have learned about COVID-19 deaths in Minnesota

As of Tuesday, medical records of 146 of 405 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Minnesota have been evaluated.

Seventy-nine people in Minnesota have been confirmed to have died from complications due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2).

It’s only been a little more than three weeks since the first death was reported by state health officials on March 21, but they are beginning to find some commonalities in fatal cases.

Kris Ehresmann, director of the Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control Division at the Minnesota Department of Health, said Tuesday that they are in the process of doing an in-depth, Minnesota-specific evaluation of COVID-19 deaths.  Continue reading.

Coronavirus: One more death in Minnesota, cases rise to 742

The numbers are up to date as of 8 p.m. Apr. 1, but the total number of cases is likely much higher. — 2:15 p.m. update

The latest updates from the Minnesota Department of Health and Gov. Walz media briefing at 2 p.m.

– The latest death was a 69-year-old Hennepin County resident, not associated with a long-term care facility.

– State trooper who was in Gov. Tim Walz’s security team has since recovered and is fully back.

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